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Kevin Kamper
v.
State
09-18-00268-CR.
Court of Appeals of Texas.
May 22, 2019.
Unpublished opinion
Published
In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

NO. 09-18-00267-CR
NO. 09-18-00268-CR

KEVIN KAMPER, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 252nd District Court
Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Cause Nos. 16-26420, 16-26421

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Kevin Kamper was indicted by a grand jury for two counts of aggravated sexual assault of his stepdaughter, J.G. [1], which occurred on or about September 20, 2015. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 22.021(a)(2)(B) (West 2019).2 Both indictments contained an enhancement paragraph alleging Kamper was previously convicted of the felony offense of burglary of a habitation. The indictments specifically alleged Kamper penetrated J.G. orally and anally with his sexual organ, and a jury found him guilty on both counts. During punishment, Kamper pled “true” to the enhancements. The jury assessed punishment at twenty-five years on each count, which the trial court stacked. See id. § 22.021(f)(1) (West 2019). Kamper timely appealed.

Kamper’s appellate counsel presented a professional evaluation of the record concluding there were no meritorious issues for appeal. See Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967); High v. State, 573 S.W.2d 807 (Tex. Crim. App. [Panel Op.] 1978). Kamper then filed a pro se brief. The State responded by filing a brief asserting there were no meritorious or arguable issues for appeal.

When we address an Anders brief and pro se response as an appellate court, we have the option to determine: (1) that the appeal is wholly frivolous and issue an opinion explaining that we reviewed the record and find no reversible error; or (2) that arguable grounds for appeal exist and remand the cause to the trial court so that new counsel may be appointed to brief the issues. See Bledsoe v. State, 178 S.W.3d 824, 826–27 (Tex. Crim. App. 2005) (citations omitted). We have independently reviewed the entire record in this matter as well as Kamper’s pro se brief. From our review of the record, we conclude no arguable issues exist to support an appeal, and there is no reversible error. Therefore, we find it unnecessary to order appointment of new counsel to re-brief the appeal. Cf. Stafford v. State, 813 S.W.2d 503, 511 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991). However, because the trial court failed to include in the judgments that Kamper pled “True” to the enhancement, we modify the trial court’s written judgments. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(b); Bigley v. State, 865 S.W.2d 26, 27–

28 (Tex. Crim. App. 1993) (noting courts of appeals have authority to modify a judgment). Specifically, in the “Plea to 1st Enhancement Paragraph” portion of both judgments, we delete “N/A” and insert “True.” As modified, we affirm the trial court’s judgments.

AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.

_________________________ CHARLES KREGER Justice Submitted on May 14, 2019 Opinion Delivered May 22, 2019 Do Not Publish Before Kreger, Horton and Johnson, JJ.


1 To protect the privacy of the victim, we identify her by her initials. See Tex. Const. art. I, § 30(a)(1) (granting victims of crime “the right to be treated with fairness and with respect for the victim’s dignity and privacy throughout the criminal justice process”).
2 We cite to the current version of the applicable Penal Code provisions, as any amendments made to the cited statutes do not affect this appeal.